Method and device for performing remote task using guest device

• US 10,623,477 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2018
• Issued: 04/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Ahn, Jin-hyeong, Chang, Kyung-ah
• Primary Examiner(s): Talukder, Md K
• Application Number:
  US15/967,370
• Publication Number:
  US 20180248936A1
• Time in Patent Office: 715 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

A method whereby a host device accesses a remote server and performs a task is disclosed, the method including receiving a task command regarding the remote server; searching for a guest device capable of communicating with the host device and the remote server; determining a task performing pattern based on a found guest device and details of the task; and, according to the determined task performing pattern, performing the task via the host device and one or more devices selected from among found guest devices.

Claims

1. A method for a host device to access at least two remote servers and perform a task, the method comprising:

receiving, by the host device, a task command for a task of moving a file stored in a first remote server from the first remote server to a second remote server, so that the moved file is stored in the second remote server, the first remote server and the host device being different devices from each other and the file not existing in the host device when the host device receives the task command;

determining a task performing pattern based on at least one guest device and details of the task; and

allocating performing of the task to one or more devices selected from among the host device and the at least one guest device, based on the task performing pattern.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second remote servers comprise cloud servers.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the allocating performing of the task comprises allocating performing download of a file stored in the first remote server and upload of the file to the second remote server, to the at least one guest device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one guest device is pre-registered with the host device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one guest device is configured for communicating with the first and second remote servers via wired communication and is configured for wirelessly communicating with the host device via short-range wireless communication.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the task performing pattern comprises a pattern including one or more of:

the host device performing the task itself;

the at least one guest device performing the task in place of the host device; and

the host device and the at least one guest device dividing and performing the task.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the task performing pattern comprises:

measuring network performance of the host device;

measuring network performance of the at least one guest device;

selecting one or more guest devices among the at least one guest device to which to allocate at least a portion of the task; and

determining a task allocation ratio between the host device and the selected guest devices,

wherein the task allocation ratio between the host device and the selected guest device is determined to be proportional to the measured network performances of the host device and the selected guest devices.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising searching for the at least one guest device capable of performing the task and communicating with the remote servers.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the searching for the at least one guest device is performed after the host device receives the task command.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the task performing pattern further comprises determining a battery condition of the host device.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting signals requesting the selected guest devices to perform portions of the task allocated thereto.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising receiving results of performing the allocated portions of the task from the selected guest devices.

13. A host device comprising:

a memory, in which at least one program is stored; and

a processor configured to execute the at least one program to perform a task,

wherein the at least one program, when executed, causes the host device to perform at least;

receiving a task command for a task of moving a file stored in a first remote server from the first remote server to a second remote server, so that the moved file is stored in the second remote server, wherein the first remote server is a different device from the host device and the file does not exist in the host device when the host device receives the task command;

determining a task performing pattern based on at least one guest device and details of the task; and

allocating performing of the task to one or more devices selected from among the host device and the at least one guest device, based on the determined task performing pattern.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the first and second remote servers comprise cloud servers.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein the allocating performing of the task comprises allocating performing download of a file stored in the first remote server and upload of the file to the second remote server, to the at least one guest device.

16. The device of claim 13, wherein the task performing pattern comprises a pattern including one or more of:

the host device performing the task itself;

the at least one guest device performing the task in place of the host device; and

the host device and the at least one guest device dividing and performing the task.

17. The device of claim 13, wherein determining the task performing pattern comprises:

measuring network performance of the host device;

measuring network performance of the at least one guest device;

selecting one or more guest devices among the at least one guest device to which to allocate at least a portion of the task; and

determining a task allocation ratio between the host device and the selected guest devices,

wherein the task allocation ratio between the host device and the selected guest device is determined to be proportional to the measured network performances of the host device and the selected guest devices.

18. The device of claim 13, wherein the at least one program further causes the host device to search for the at least one guest device capable of performing the task and communicating with the remote servers.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least one program further causes the host device to search for the at least one guest device after the host device receives the task command.

20. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor of a host device, causes to host device to at least:

receive a task command for a task of moving a file stored in a first remote server from the first remote server to a second remote server, so that the moved file is stored in the second remote server, wherein the first remote server is a different device from the host device and the file does not exist in the host device when the host device receives the task command;

determine a task performing pattern based on at least one guest device and details of the task; and

allocate performing of the task to one or more devices selected from among the host device and the at least one guest device, based on the task performing pattern.